Contribution of molecular cladistics to the taxonomy of Rutaceae in China

The treatment of Rutaceae in the Chinese flora chose to follow Engler in recognizing Rutoideae and Toddalioideae as two separate subfamilies. Morphological and chemical comparisons, however, suggested grouping those two subfamilies in one subfamily, Rutoideae. This move has received support from mol...

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Published inJournal of systematics and evolution : JSE Vol. 47; no. 2; pp. 144 - 150
Main Authors BUT, Paul Pui-Hay, POON, Alice Wing-Sem, SHAW, Pang-Chui, SIMMONS, Mark P., GREGER, Harald
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.2009
Department of Biology, Chinese University of Hong gong, Shatin, N.T., Hong gong, China%Department of Biochemistry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hung Kong, China%Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA%Comparative and Ecological Phytochemistry, Faculty Center of Botany, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Subjects
Bergera
Euodia
Melicope
Murraya
Rutaceae
Rutoideae
Tetradium
Toddalioideae
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分子系统发育
分子遗传
分类学
系统发育分析
芸香科植物
Murraya
Tetradium
Toddalioideae
Bergera
Melicope
Rutaceae
Rutoideae
Euodia
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Summary:The treatment of Rutaceae in the Chinese flora chose to follow Engler in recognizing Rutoideae and Toddalioideae as two separate subfamilies. Morphological and chemical comparisons, however, suggested grouping those two subfamilies in one subfamily, Rutoideae. This move has received support from molecular phylogenetic analyses, which also showed that the Chinese taxa in Euodia should be placed in Tetradium and Melicope following Hartley. Investigations into the chemistry and molecular phylogeny of Murraya also indicated that the species in the section Bergera without yuehchukene should be removed from Murraya. These findings clearly show the value of molecular cladistics to the taxonomy of Rutaceae in China and also directions for further investigations. Key words Bergera, Euodia, Melicope, Murraya, Rutaceae, Rutoideae, Tetradium, Toddalioideae.
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Paper presented at the Symposium on A Centennial of Plant Systematics in China, held in Shenzhen, China, from February 25-27, 2005. We wish to dedicate this article to the late Prof. Cheng-Chieu Huang in recognition of his contribution to the systematics of Rutaceae in China and to Prof. Shiu-Ying Hu for her contribution to the flora of China and our appreciation of the interesting properties and taxonomic problems in Murraya.
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Paper presented at the Symposium on A Centennial of Plant Systematics in China, held in Shenzhen, China, from February 25–27, 2005. We wish to dedicate this article to the late Prof. Cheng‐Chieu Huang in recognition of his contribution to the systematics of Rutaceae in China and to Prof. Shiu‐Ying Hu for her contribution to the flora of China and our appreciation of the interesting properties and taxonomic problems in
Murraya.
ISSN:1674-4918
1759-6831
DOI:10.1111/j.1759-6831.2009.00013.x